Overview of adj upward
The adj upward has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) upward -- (directed up "the cards were face upward"; "an upward stroke of the pen")
2. (0) up upward -- (extending or moving toward a higher place "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish")
Overview of adv upward
The adv upward has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (6) up upwards, upward, upwardly -- (spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; "look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile")
2. up upwards, upward -- (to a later time; "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward")
Antonyms of adj upward
2 senses of upward
Sense 1
upward
INDIRECT (VIA up) -> down
Sense 2
up(postnominal), upward(postnominal)
INDIRECT (VIA ascending) -> descending
Similarity of adj upward
2 senses of upward
Sense 1
upward
=> up (vs. down)
Sense 2
up(postnominal), upward(postnominal)
=> ascending(postnominal) (vs. descending)
Attributes of adj upward
Familiarity of adj upward
upward used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2)
Grep of adj upward
upward
Overview of adj upward
The adj upward has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) upward -- (directed up "the cards were face upward"; "an upward stroke of the pen")
2. (0) up upward -- (extending or moving toward a higher place "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish")
Overview of adv upward
The adv upward has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (6) up upwards, upward, upwardly -- (spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; "look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile")
2. up upwards, upward -- (to a later time; "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward")
upward definition
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